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Venables joins non-league Wembley

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
Former England coach Terry Venables returns to management as a technical adviser with non-league Wembley FC.
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US House backs crowdfunding bill

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
A bill making it easier for startup companies to use the internet to raise money from investors is backed by the US House of Representatives.
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Pope wraps Cuba visit with Mass, Fidel meeting

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI wraps up his visit to Cuba on Wednesday with an open-air Mass in the shrine of the Cuban revolution, hoping to revive the Catholic faith in this communist-run country. His other appointment: a meeting with Fidel Castro....

Day in pictures: 28 March 2012

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
24 hours of news photos: 28 March 2012
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Lunch-goers by the hundreds bust a move in Sweden

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Some workers in Sweden have found a rather offbeat way to spend their lunch hour. Actually, on-beat is more like it....

Activists say mortars hit Syria protest, 10 dead

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian forces pelted the eastern city of Deir el-Zour with mortars as anti-government protesters were dispersing before dawn Tuesday, killing at least 10 people as government troops kept up an offensive in a coastal province where Washington says regime forces may be preparing another massacre, activists said....

164 pig plant jobs for Cookstown

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
One hundred and sixty four jobs are being created at a pig processing plant in Cookstown.
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Palestinian awarded Libya damages

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
A Dutch court awards 1m euros in compensation to a Palestinian doctor imprisoned in Libya for eight years for allegedly infecting children with HIV.
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Academies 'reluctant to change'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
Academies, soon to be a majority of secondary schools in England, are showing more signs of continuity than radical upheaval, suggests a survey.
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Federal fire crews taking over Colo. wildfire

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
CONIFER, Colo. (AP) -- Federal fire crews are planning to take the offensive in containing a 7-square-mile blaze that may have claimed two lives and destroyed dozens of homes in the mountains southwest of Denver....
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Veterans remember St Nazaire raid

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
A ceremony to mark one of the most daring raids of World War II is being held at St Nazaire in western France.
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BMA warning on Saturday surgeries

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
Opening GP surgeries on Saturday mornings is a "question of priorities" for the NHS, the doctors' union has warned.
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EU's missions 'empty for months'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
EU diplomats are facing calls for a cut in annual leave amid claims that offices around the world are left "empty for months".
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England dig deep to retain hope

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
England close day three of the first Test in Galle on 111-2, set 340 to beat Sri Lanka, which would be their highest Test chase.
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'Pasty lover' PM defends VAT hike

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
David Cameron says he "loves a hot pasty", but defends the government's decision to slap VAT on all sales of the snack.
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Supporters of Fla. shooter fearful of speaking out

Trayvon Martin's supporters pack churches, swarm rallies and wear hooded sweat shirts in solidarity while friends and family of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot the unarmed teen to death, remain largely out of sight. The few that have defended Zimmerman did so reluctantly, most fearing public backlash.

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The war on Wisconsin

Fiscally conservative leaders in the Badger State are under coordinated siege from Big Labor, the White House, the liberal media and the judiciary.

Face transplant man 'doing well'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
An American man who received a full-face transplant is recovering well, according to the medical team that carried out the operation.
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FBI licenses Unreal games engine

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 06:40
The Unreal computer games engines is being licensed to the FBI and other US government agencies to aid training.
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Friends in Gulf fishing tragedy; only 1 survives

HOUSTON (AP) — For hours after their boat sank, Ken Henderson and Ed Coen treaded water in the Gulf of Mexico, talking about life and death while struggling to survive. For more than 30 hours, it worked.

Then Henderson was forced to make a decision that would save his life, ...

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